Dozens hurt after Moscow train ‘with failed brakes rolled back into the path of another train’ with passengers forced to crawl from the wreckage

Six people were critically injured with Russian leader Vladimir Putin briefed on the situation

By Brittany Vonow

9th April 2017,8:11 am

Updated: 10th April 2017,12:23 pm

SIX people have been critically injured after a train crash in Moscow.

Dozens more were hurt in the crash with it understood that the driver had lost control of the train after a man crossed the lines, with the then out-of-control locomotive reportedly rolling into the path of another train.

Local news agency TASS reported that 50 people had needed medical help after the crash that occurred between the Russia capital and Brest in Belarus, with 16 people, including one child, taken to hospital.

Four carriages were derailed in the horror, with people managing to escape the mangled wreckages.

It is understood President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the crash immediately.

Since the incident, witnesses have claimed that the driver told them through the intercom that after applying the emergency brake to avoid a man walking on the lines, he was unable to make the train go forwards.

The train instead began to roll backwards – into the path of another train on the same line.

While some people managed to rush to the front of the train to avoid the collision, others sleeping were thrown from their bunks.